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A child is dead.
There is a terrifying, soul-piercing scream that a mother makes when she loses a child. This scream is so universal that everyone, in every corner of the emergency department, knows what has just happened when they hear it. [Read more...]
(Nurse.com) While the patient-centered medical home concept is not new, passage of the Affordable Care Act has elevated the idea of a whole-person orientation to care that’s delivered in a more coordinated way to engaged patients.
“It’s a team-based approach to management of our patients,” said Felice Lewaine, RN, medical home care coordinator at two primary care offices with Hunterdon Healthcare in Flemington, N.J. “I’m making sure all of the care is coordinated to help patients manage their health.” [Read more...]
(Nurse.com)A standardized postoperative care program that emphasizes patient education, early mobilization and pulmonary interventions is associated with reduced risk of postoperative pneumonia and unplanned intubation, according to a study. [Read more...]
“There was a lot of pounding and kneading, and while we made our pots and whatever, people started to talk,” she said of the session last summer. “When your hands are occupied and you’re not in the spotlight, it’s easier to say things like ‘I feel really bad’ or ‘This child touched my heart and I’m grieving.’ It gives staff a chance to create out of something that is hurtful and painful.” [Read more...]
(York Dispatch) The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has granted $1 million to York’s Aligning Forces for Quality program.
The program addresses the availability and quality of health care in southcentral Pennsylvania and will use the grant to complete its two last years in service in its current form. [Read more...]
(Pantagraph.com) Nurses, dentists and psychologists asked the Illinois Legislature this spring for more authority to make medical decisions with demand expected to surge under the federal health care law, but each time lawmakers sided with doctors and turned them down.
It was a resounding victory in Springfield for the Illinois State Medical Society, which has represented doctors in a longstanding turf battle over how to address a growing shortage of medical services in rural and low-income urban neighborhoods across the state. [Read more...]
(Forbes) U.S. consumers still like to see a doctor, but if they have to wait, they are happy to see a nurse practitioner or a physician assistant.
Two studies out this week indicate both patients and doctors are “open to a greater role” to primary care professionals who are not medical doctors at a time when physicians are in short supply and doctors will become even more scarce when the Affordable Care Act broadens health care benefits in less than seven months. The law will bring additional coverage for millions of Americans along with an influx of business to doctors that they may not be able to handle. [Read more...]
(Marine Corps Times) The job of nurse anesthetist comes with many attractions. There’s a high level of responsibility, a challenging work environment and the chance to do good for others. There’s also the prospect of virtually assured employment. [Read more...]
(Nurse.com) On April 15, two bombs were detonated at the Boston Marathon. On April 17, an explosion at a fertilizer plant rocked the small town of West, Texas. A month later, on May 15, tornadoes wreaked havoc across towns in north Texas. Twisters again caused enormous damage when they blew threw the Oklahoma City area May 19, destroying entire neighborhoods, including an elementary school and a hospital. [Read more...]
(Wilkes-Barre Times Leader) In six brief words, Justin McIntyre summed up the basic, vital aspect of his calling.
“We save people’s lives every day,” said McIntyre, a registered nurse who lives in Danville and works in the emergency room of the Geisinger Medical Center. [Read more...]
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